Finding Joy Page #6

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( SQUEAK )

This is great.

You're doing it.

This is ridiculous!

You're doing it!

You're doing it, bozo!

Today we mourn the passing

Of our beloved

joy Helena bailey, 29.

She will be remembered

for her generosity

To the homeless,

kindness to seniors and

Dead birds,

Overcoming her ferocious

fear of clowns,

And leaving her mark

on the world in...

truly innovative ways.

She is survived by

the boy-Next-Door-Gone-Wrong,

Who...

( SPECTATORS TITTER )

Continue.

Um...

uh, the boy-Next-Door-

Gone-Wrong, who...

( LAUGHS SOFTLY )

You... You make me feel the

most terrifying happiness

That I've ever known.

And I don't want it to end yet.

Kyle...

I thought this celebration

was your way of saying

That you understand

and you accept.

Yes.

You adying.

So is everyone here.

I could die tomorrow,

before you,

But... you are not

going to die

Because a cat peed on you.

MAN:
Yes, she is!

No, sir, she's not!

Yes, she is!

( CAT MEOWS )

Finally drag my ass outside,

and this is what happens.

Outstanding.

Alan, I-I am so sorry.

He's... He's fine.

He's just a... A cat.

This is asinine!

You're the asinine.

Joy.

Marshall.

Will you stop filming?

( TELEPHONE RINGS )

WOMAN:
Please leave

a message

For the Alexis agency

at the beep.

( BEEP )

KYLE:
Hi. Uh...

I wanted to let you know

that the book is, um...

not done.

( HUMORLESS CHUCKLE )

Sorry.

I, um...

I just couldn't finish it.

This story was

never meant to be,

I guess.

But I am going to send you

something else,

By this promising

young author I know.

It's, uh...

well, I think you're

gonna love it.

( LAUGHING SOFTLY )

It's invigorating, this

thing called fresh air.

Wanna join us?

Uh, rain check?

All right...

( PATSY SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY )

Ooh!

( LAUGHING )

Don't spit it out.

What's the point of the game

if you're gonna spit it out?

( MARSHALL CONTINUES

INDISTINCTLY )

Hey!

( GASPING AND GROANING )

Are you sure

this is what he wanted?

Not... Not in nature

or on the water?

Couldn't we just put him up

on the little shelf upstairs,

Like mom?

He said, and I quote,

"When I die,

I want you to shake my ashes

where you shook my world."

He was talking

about this floor.

I mean, we did it a...

A trillion times,

Right here.

Those were good times.

Oh, hush.

Al, baby,

Enjoy heaven.

Just not too much.

( SIGHS )

( PAPER RIPPING )

If you're going to be...

you know, um, I don't want

it to be anything slutty.

( HAPPY GASP )

It's so soft!

( CRYING SOFTLY )

Ohh!

FEMALE VOCALIST:

# I don't know when

# I don't know how

# I don't know why

# I feel so down

# I take a left

# and then a right

# but I know that I will

somehow be okay #

# it's raining crystals,

I'm so rich #

# I see the joy in everything #

# and Mr. Moon

shines down on me #

MEL:
Bye, uncle Kyle.

# everywhere so I can see #

# I don't know where

# I don't know how #

You pay your dad and me

a visit, you hear?

I will.

#...i feel so down

# I take a left

# and then a right

Hey...

keep it up, kid.

You're not half bad.

( CAR ENGINE STARTS )

PATSY:
Take care.

# I'm running out of

time to play #

# I see the bumble bee,

he says #

# hey, little girl,

how was your day? #

# I said to him, I'm so okay #

Have a good day.

# I don't know when

# I don't know how #

# I don't know why

# I feel so down

# I take a left

# and then a right

# but I know that I will

somehow be okay #

I- I loved your dad's obit,

And I'm so sorry.

( STAMMERS )

You should go by

the house sometime and...

walk on him.

I did.

That's good.

So, uh, are you, um...

are you still with us,

or am I...

talking to a ghost?

This is the real me.

For now.

( CHUCKLES )

But I'm... I'm not thinking

about it every millisecond.

What are you

thinking about instead?

( GASPING SOFTLY )

What are you doing

right now? Um...

I happen to know this

beautiful place in the trees.

That sounds nice.

Good.

Pleasant.

Swell.

Pretty.

Wonderful.

Incredible.

Lovely.

MALE VOCALIST:

# where you can be yourself #

# are the rumors true

# did they really find you #

# knocking on the door

# did you lock yourself

out again? #

# 'cause even when

the wind dies #

# leaves still fall

# even when the heart sighs #

# you smile, still stand tall #

# whatever happens, well #

# whatever happens, well #

# whoo-Ooh

# whoo-Ooh ooh-Ooh

# there are no accidents

# we move in our own time

# just don't let time

# get the better of you

# see those hands

on the clock #

# weren't made

for pushing back #

# and tomorrow's just a ghost #

# that is waiting to be born #

# 'cause even

when the wind dies #

# leaves still fall

# even when the heart sighs #

# you smile, still stand tall #

# whatever happens, well #

# whatever happens, well #

# 'cause even when

the wind dies #

# leaves still fall

# even when the heart sighs #

# you smile, still stand tall #

# whatever happens, well #

( HUMMING )

( CAESAR MEOWING,

KYLE MUTTERING )

Nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh.

Come... Duh uh tuh tuh uh!

Wha...!

Ah! Ha ha ha ha!

Ohh.

( URINE FLOWING )

Mnh.

( CAESAR MEOWS )

FEMALE VOCALIST:

# I can't help but wonder

# just how many tears

there can escape #

# one minute I've

locked 'em up for life #

# and I blame it

on the fishing line #

# of greener grasses,

redder warnings #

# darker nights,

and brighter days #

# I'm hooked

# addicted, you might say #

# conflicted in the way

# one should behave

# oh, oh, oh

# hooked

# by such a little taste

# and just the time to waste #

# oh, waste away

# reel 'em in y'all

# uh-Oh, uh-Oh

# uh-Oh, uh-Oh

# uh-Oh oh oh oh oh

# oh, it's funny...

No, not funny... #

# let's say interesting,

instead #

# that a man can live

his whole life

# only wishing he was dead #

# it's obvious to all of us

# he's living in his head

# thanks to fishing lines

that bore the bait #

# on which the poor man fed #

# he's hooked

# addicted, you might say #

# conflicted in the way

# one should behave

# and try as I might,

I can't escape #

# I lost my mind

and took the bait #

# try as I might,

I can't escape #

# I lost my mind

and I took the bait #

# hey, hey!

# hey, hey!

# hey, hey!

# hey, hey!

# hey, hey!

# now I never wanted

to be attracted #

# to shiny little things #

# but I can't help it

if I'm attracted

# when they're in front of me #

# no, I never wanted

to be attracted #

# to shiny little things #

# but I can't help it

if I'm attracted #

# see?

# I'm hooked

# addicted, you might say #

# conflicted in the way

one should behave #

# oh oh oh

# hooked

# by such a little taste

# and just the time to waste #

# oh, waste away

# I am hooked

# addicted, you might say #

# conflicted in the way

# in the way, in the way #

# I'm always in the way

# and try as I might,

I can't escape #

# I lost my mind

and took the bait #

# try as I might,

I can't escape #

# I lost my mind

and I took the bait #

# hey, hey!

# hey, hey!

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